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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in ntp affect Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2015-1798 CVE-2015-1799 CVE-2015-3405)

Created by Rejy V Sasidaran on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/666603
666603

Security Bulletin


Summary

ntp is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVEs

Vulnerability Details


CVEID: CVE-2015-1798
DESCRIPTION:
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Project NTP daemon (ntpd) could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the acceptance of packets that do not contain a message authentication code (MAC) as valid packets wen configured for symmetric key authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to bypass the authentication process.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/102051 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2015-1799
DESCRIPTION:
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Project NTP daemon (ntpd) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when using symmetric key authentication. By sending specially-crafted packets to both peering hosts, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to prevent synchronization.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/102052 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2015-3405
DESCRIPTION:
Network Time Protocol (NTP) could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by the generation of MD5 symmetric keys on big-endian systems by the ntp-keygen utility. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the generated MD5 keys to spoof an NTP client or server.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/104387 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions


Power HMC V7.3.0.0 (Applicable CVEs - CVE-2015-3405, CVE-2015-1799)
Power HMC V7.9.0.0 (Applicable CVEs - CVE-2015-3405, CVE-2015-1799)
Power HMC V8.1.0.0
Power HMC V8.2.0.0
Power HMC V8.3.0.0
Power HMC V8.4.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF
APAR
Remediation/Fix
Power HMC
V7.7.3.0 SP1
MB03972
Power HMC
V7.7.9.0 SP2
MB03974
Power HMC
V8.8.1.0 SP2
MB03975
Power HMC
V8.8.2.0 SP2
MB03976
Power HMC
V8.8.3.0 SP1
MB03977
Power HMC
V8.8.4.0
MH01559

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 September 2021

UID

nas8N1021003